Friday, October 13, 2017

a lot of people are suffering right nowmy friendsstrangers around the worlddarkness eclipses lighthope seems all but gonelonliness becomes bold and braveinhabiting psyche and soulthe dance can feel endlesschaos inevitablesadness a curse

hold tight, dear oneslet the water wash overit will find calm once againride out this hurricaine of the heartdig deep into your knowingthat this too shall pass

the storms try to claim us all at some pointeveryone in the lifeboatsleave no one behindwe are all in this togetherthere is no I, no me, no youthere is only wethe consciousness of humanity rising

reach out in front and behindtake a hand if you need oneoffer a hand to anothercreate the unbreakable chain of spirit

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Garbage NightFirst come the pickupsFord 150s who scan the piles for treasuresOften with wife and dog in towThen the middle aged men on bicyclesEquipped with trailors and basketsAs sophisticated as they can manage as scrappersThen, the mothers comeTheir feet are their vehicleHunch backed and tiredThey search in earnest for the leftoversAnything, anything of value15 cents here, 5 cents thereCarrying the load of the worldOn their already burdened shouldersMy mother used to hate the scrappersShe resented them going through 'her' garbageMe, I wait till the trucks and bikes have passedI wait for the woman with the world on her shouldersI give her whatever small token I haveWe share a smile, maybe a laughAs she gets ready for the long walk homeBoth shoulders burdened with sufferingI feel sick inside as I return to facebookTo hear that the residents of Grenfell Towers are being rejected by the privelegedI vow to do moreAnd I wonder....How much can ever be enough....

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFFonce said a wise manhe saw the children playinglaughing and runningdreaming, imagining, creatingbut the wise man saw the humans cominghe saw how they embraced war, torture, violencehe saw how they dismembered and gassed and maimedand he begged to get off this worldas he cried, a little bird sat on his headand said 'take me with you'there is no happy ending to this story